Frac.

Well Script 1
Introduction
?? To demonstrate the (Hydraulic) Fracture modelling capabilities of PIPESIM.
?? Model used
o Hydraulic Fractured Oil well with Black Oil fluid description.
?? Workflow:
o Explain the GUI setup completion NA point, tubing.
o Show the Hydraulic Fracture IPR input screen.
o Show the tubing description input screens.
o Show the PVT data.
o Run the Nodal Analysis operation.
?? This workflow demo does not attempt to build a case from scratch. To build a case study from scratch the training course material should
be followed.
Assumptions
?? PIPESIM 2000 v1.35 has been installed into the default directory on C:
?? The case study file Frac Well Script.bps is available.
Step Objective

Action

Result

Start->Programs->Baker Jardine>PIPESIM 2000

Select File->Open
Select file Frac Well Script 1.bps

PIPESIM 2000 opens

Double click on reservoir object

Completion dialogue appears.

Show Hydraulic Fracture input data

Fig. 2

Press ok
Double click on tubing object

Dialog closes and data saved

Tubing dialogue screens
appear.

Comments

Model Setup
1.

Run PIPESIM 2000

2.
3.

Open Demo file

Open file

4.

Show completion
model
Show Hydraulic
Fracture IPR model
Close dialog
Show tubing
description

5.
6.
7.

Q:\tmp\Stuff for Ed\ Demo Scripts\Frac. Well Script.doc

Open Dialog appears

Model opens as Fig 1.

Note the Nodal Analysis icon is

positioned at bottom hole.

Data is saved by ok
Tab along the tubing description
screens

8.

Show fluid model

(Black Oil)
Show calibration
data

Select Setup->Black Oil

Black Oil dialog displayed Fig.3

Select Advanced Calibration data tab

Calibration data is displayed

10.

Show viscosity data

Select viscosity tab

Viscosity data displayed

11.

Close dialog

Press ok

Dialog closes and data saved

9.

This [real] data will be used to tune

the black oil correlation and hence
improve the accuracy of the fluid
model.
User entered dead oil viscosity
data.
Data is saved by ok

Nodal Analysis Operation

12.

Run Nodal
Analysis operation

Select Operations ->Nodal Analysis

Nodal Analysis dialog opens.

13.

Show sensitivity
values.

Show Inflow & Outflow sensitivity

setup.

Fig. 4.

14.

Run model to
produce NA plot

Press Run Model button.

15.

Review results of
NA plot

Read intersection of no fracture

(L=1e-5) and fracture length = 30m.

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19.

Close dialog
Close PSPLOT
Close PIPESIM

Press ok
Press X in top right had corner
Select File->Close
Select No to save changes

Psengine appears in the toolbar

and PSPLOT appears and get
populated with data. Completed
dialog appears when finished
Fig. 5.
Intersection of no fracture = 130
sm3/d. Intersection of fracture
half length 30m = 400 sm3/d.
Dialog closes and data saved
PSPLOT closes
Save changes dialog appears

Q:\tmp\Stuff for Ed\ Demo Scripts\Frac. Well Script.doc

The NA position in this case is

bottom hole denoted by the NA
point in the model.
Note the outlet pressure. Inflow
sensitivity set to fracture half
length.
No outflow sensitivity.
Note the intersection points of
inflow & outflow curves.

Not much improvement between

fracture half length of 30m and
60m.
Data is saved by ok

Model is not saved so that next time

the above changes can be made.

Figures:

Figure 1: Model file opened

Figure 4: Nodal Analysis Sensitivity

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Figure 2: Hydraulic Fracture IPR

Figure 3: Fluid Model

Figure 5: Nodal Analysis Plot